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We report the occurrences of the remnants of a Meso-Tethyan oceanic plateau, encompassing an area of ~2×10 5 km 2 in central Tibet. The plateau remnants include large volumes of pillow basalt formed largely by emergent to subaerial eruption, minor ultramafic intrusives and cumulates, exotic blocks of limestone, radiolarian chert, graywacke, and shale. Isotopic and paleontological dating...
Voluminous and discrete early Paleozoic bimodal magmatic suites are thought to be the result of post-collisional extension following the amalgamation of East Kunlun and Altyn Tagh. In this paper, four representative magmatic units were studied for their geochemical fingerprint in conjunction with geochronological studies. The 467–445Ma Mangya mafic suite shows E-MORB type rare earth element (REE)...
We present comprehensive petrological, geochemical, and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic data for the Matou and Dalai plutons in western Zhejiang Province, Southeast China, with the aim of constraining the petrogenesis of monzonites and to offer new insights into the deep processes of interaction between crustal- and mantle-derived magmas beneath SE China. The Matou pluton comprises quartz monzonite, whereas the...
A geologic investigation was undertaken in the Hoh-Xil–Songpan-Ganzi (HXSG) complex, northern Tibet in order to better understand magma genesis and evolution during the late stages of Paleo-Tethys ocean closure. The HXSG complex is composed of vast accumulations of Middle–Upper Triassic marine gravity flow deposits that were extensively intruded by igneous rocks. These early Mesozoic rocks exposed...
The origin of mafic enclaves in granitoid plutons has long been a matter of debate. In this paper, we present detailed petrographic, mineralogical, geochemical, and SrNdHf isotopic data, UPb zircon dates, and field and petrological observations, for mafic microgranular enclaves (MMEs) and their host quartz monzonites from the Muchen pluton in Southeast China to evaluate their origins. LA–ICP–MS UPb...
Petrography, mineral chemistry and pressure–temperature (P–T) estimates were carried out for the eclogite from the South Altyn in NW China. The results suggest three stages of metamorphism: an ultra-high pressure (UHP) eclogite-facies metamorphism at 717–871°C and ≥2.8GPa, a high pressure (HP) granulite-facies metamorphism at 624–789°C and 1.42–1.52GPa, and an amphibolite-facies metamorphism at 597–728°C...
Felsic veins within the Xitieshan UHP eclogite in North Qaidam, NW China vary from 1cm or less to several decimetres in width, exhibiting coarse granular in texture and heterogeneous distribution in mineral assemblages. They encircle or cut the deformed sub-lentoid eclogite body. Some fine veins extended into and ended in the eclogite, without visible link to their country rocks. They consist mainly...
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